Medical and Psychological Aspects of Sport and Exercise

Sport and exercise are now recognized as valuable therapeutic elements in treatment and rehabilitative settings. Chronic disorders, in particular, have shown themselves responsive to well designed programs of sport and exercise. Medical and Psychological Aspects of Sport and Exercise draws attention to the clinically significant interactions between psychological and physiological systems, and the role of sport and exercise in dealing with cardiac, respiratory, and sundry nervous system, immune system, and endocrine disorders. The book responds to an urgent need expressed by many primary care physicians, health psychologists, sport psychologists, and other educators and clinicians in medicine and allied health specialties. It is the first book to address the issues from the fields of science, scholarship, and clinical practice and place them in a single volume with the participation of truly eminent authors in the respective areas.

David L. Mostofsky is a professor of psychology at Boston University and holds associate appointments at several major medical institutions in the Boston area. A Charter Fellow of the Academy for Behavioral Medicine Research, he has been active in behavioral medicine for many years and has published numerous articles and books on a variety of topics in this area. He has been the recipient of many awards, including a Marshal Fund Award, an Einstein Award, an NIH/Fogarty Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship.

Leonard D. Zaichkowsky is professor of education at Boston University and head of the graduate program in sport and exercise psychology. He is both past president and a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP), a member of the United States Olympic Committee Sport Psychology Registry, and a certified consultant-AAASP. Len has published numerous articles and books on sport psychology and research design. In addition to his scholarly work he is a staff psychologist at New England Baptist Hospital and a consulting psychologist for the Boston Celtics.